black history month

In January, the U.S. Mint released quarters featuring Maya Angelou, the first U.S. coins ever to honor a Black woman. Their design is just as symbolic, too.

The Federal Reserve sent $9 trillion into U.S. bond markets amid recent emergencies. Reducing the balance of this portfolio could spark a recession.

Between 1888 and 1934, there were 134 Black-owned banks. Today, there are only 20 Black-owned banks that qualify as Minority Depository Institutions.

President Joe Biden welcomed Black leaders to the White House Monday for a jovial Black History Month celebration, where he used the moment to call on Congress to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, and pass voting rights bills

Greenwood Project works with companies including Charles Schwab and Morgan Stanley to offer Black and Latino students access to careers in financial services.

HBO announced sports media personality Bomani Jones’ show will start on March 13 and feature six episodes for the first season.

Hip-hop star Jim Jones speaks with CNBC sports business reporter Jabari Young about his record-as-a-software company, Quarantine Studios.

Professor Judith Davis and her son Ernie Davis join ‘Chicago Today’ to discuss the story behind the creation of ‘Roots,’ the ‘real’ Black history educational series in collaboration with Fountaindale Public Library.

Many African-Americans face an uphill battle when it comes to building wealth. A small group of neighborhoods and entrepreneurs are bucking this trend.

The Jumpstart Nova fund has raised $55 million from investors including Eli Lilly, HCA Healthcare and Bank of America to invest in Black health-tech firms.

A Massachusetts Montessori school apologized and fired a teacher for instructing young children to make and wear Blackface masks as a Black History Month project. The incident, which happened in a classroom with toddlers, took place last Tuesday at IC Kids in Newton. When one mother, Nadirah Pierce, picked up her children and learned what had happened, she complained and…

The first African American woman doctor to secure a medical patent did so in 1988 for laser cataract surgery. Learn more about the extraordinary life of Dr. Patricia Bath.

Black Olympic athletes are underrepresented at the Winter Olympics, but bobsled is opening doors for Black Olympians. Here’s how.

Dana Albert Dorsey was born in 1872. A son of former slaves, he moved from South Georgia to Miami.

Estate planning isn’t as common as experts argue it should be, particularly among Black Americans. Here’s why it matters.

Lessons on success, confidence and overcoming discrimination from Black leaders in business and the markets.

The new exhibition, “A Site of Struggle: American Art Against Anti-Black Violence,” at the Block Museum at Northwestern University features work about the slave trade all the way to present day violence against transgender people. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter reports.

There’s a variety of programs marking Black History Month on television.

NBC Chicago, NBC Sports Chicago and Telemundo Chicago are commemorating Black Heritage in February on-air and across digital platforms. The triopoly is kicking off the month with a “Together We Rise” campaign that honors Black excellence and amplifies voices of the Civil Rights Movement.

Elois and Bevon Joseph’s organization works with firms including Morgan Stanley and Schwab to offer minority students career pathways in financial services.